Lyle's Blog

Looking at all the important people this sexual misconduct scandal is exposing, one gets to wondering why so many “icons” are falling.  For years people in power get away with much and the more power they are entrusted with, the more they push the envelope.  No matter your status, your corruption will find you out.  This is simple Bible truth.

We don’t understand why some are so successful and seem to prosper for years whilst others do everything “right” and struggle.  Scripture says the rain falls on the just and the unjust.  That’s all there is to it.  I remember when I got out of the service, I took a job and just by being in the right place at the right time caused me to become the highest paid employee in the company.  Was I brilliant?  No, not a chance.  People that worked at the firm for years were envious and not happy.  They had wives, kids, and the thought of some young (twenty four) kid driving to work in a Jaguar didn’t settle well.  I was unaware of the envy.  I had nothing to do with my success.  The rain fell on me for a little while.

The same is true for the upper levels of success.  Granted some are talented and work hard but in the end, the rain falls on everyone whether deserved or not.  We think we had the most to do with it.  We didn’t; we were blessed.

We all must stand before God and give an account to Him for the life we lived.  If it rained on us, well, to whom much is given, much is required.  We give thanks to God for what we have.  Whether we have one talent or ten, we are responsible for the rain that falls on us.  We are to seek first the Kingdom of God and then all the desires of our heart will be added to us.  He wants to bless us abundantly.  The thing that comes to us naturally is to seek the desires of our heart first and then if we get around to it, we’ll give God a few crumbs.  It’s important to remember, it’s His rain that blesses us.  It really has nothing to do with us.  God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise.  I was a foolish young man.  I praise the One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead.  I pray the Lord blesses you and that His rain makes you soaking wet.

Sex malfeasance on the part of men seems to be the dawn of some unknown knowledge for much of our society.   I am just a regular run-of-the-mill dude of almost seventy years and none of this is a surprise to me.  Why are so many shocked by these allegations of sexual misconduct?   The media led, no information citizens are coming off as totally disingenuous because they’ve exalted these type of people as icons of virtue.   If one looks at the filth Hollywood produces it’s readily apparent the power brokers in film and music are miscreants.  People have been covering for them for years for one thing only, the love of money and stardom.  So many desiring to succeed in the entertainment industry can’t possibly be in the industry long before they realize their lives and careers will be controlled by nasty people.

As for politicians, the tendency is to vote for someone for reasons other than ethics.  People who vote for corruption have a lot of nerve saying they care about moral issues of any kind.  It’s an insult to my intelligence.  I hope it is to yours too.

The idea that men are virtuous without Jesus Christ is opposite of what scripture tells us.  There is none righteous, no not one.  Adam wasn’t righteous.  Eve wasn’t righteous.  Neither are we.  Men think thoughts they shouldn’t; they do things they shouldn’t do.  They are sinners.  Simple.

To shop-lift or not to shop-lift that is the question.  I would guess that stealing is as common as breathing for the Ball Boys.  These punks exercised their black privilege in a country that doesn’t care about their father or how well you play ball.  This story demonstrates the problem with sports, college or professional.  We excuse children when they are immoral just because they can play ball.  Playing ball is for children but we’ve made it a profession.  Young, self-centered men are rewarded for playing like children and then we are surprised that many of them mature into arrogant wife-beaters and thugs.  These are the bums that mentor our children.

Values Clarification was one of the indoctrination tools our government babysitters used to undermine the souls of our kids.  All the lefties and their minions now feel they have the right to live above the law.  Their president did just that.  Rules for Radicals, embraced by Clinton, Obama, and the rest, has given us this anti America, anti history and anti decency lifestyle our young rave about.

Next time, and there will be a next time, these ball-playing criminals won’t have anyone to bail them out.  The only fun part of this whole thing is watching it happen.

What is the dirty word most people hate?  No, it’s none of those words we think of as dirty.  There are those that love this dirty word; people that run a successful business or household or any other prosperous endeavor.  But for most and especially those in politics, it’s a dirty word.  It’s an insult to the integrity and intelligence.  BUDGET,  There, I said it, without apology.  Business people who love this word do well.  Couples who come up with a budget are better off in their later years.  If governments kept to their budget, well that’s not going to happen.  It’s too fun spending money on credit,

I would wish I could say I did this myself but alas it is not so.  In fact to this day it hasn’t happened.  It has seemed impossible to agree on the importance of a budget without inferring lack of trust or intelligence.  This applies double in government.  There are many qualified people in service to our country but a scant few who are able to reign in spending.  So can one really expect more out of a spouse or business partner?  Probably not.  I think there are things one has to understand from an early age; you either have it or you don’t.  Alas, our predicament.  So hoping for a sudden change is only wishful thinking.  The sky must fall and we must be ready to pick up the pieces.

The world is lost in sin.  Lost is a hopeless condition.  Lost people don’t know where they are.  All their days repeat themselves, and no idea which way to go.  Oh, there’s plenty of advice from many quarters on which way is the best way to go, but choosing one is hard.  We live in this jungle called earth and it’s tempting to accept advice from those that live well on planet earth.

People know something is wrong but putting a finger on what it is, well impossible.  And on top of this sixth sense of ill, we don’t realize the second part of being lost; we’re lost in sin.  We love sin which is doing things our way.  We love the darkness.  We like being in charge of our own lives as much as possible.  Everybody’s trying to run our lives and we don’t like it.  We are all in rebellion.

We don’t know God, we don’t love God.  We like our way.  We are hopelessly lost in sin, separated from God.

Then someone tells us about putting our faith in Christ and suddenly we have a choice to make.  Will we follow this guy that’s been dead for two thousand years?   Or should we find something that lets us have a more hands-on approach to our search for truth.  After all,  there are lots of choices out there and why humble yourself to following Jesus Christ.  After all, we live in a world that’s fast progressing.  The world is getting to be a better place, isn’t it?

Following Christ sounds like I have no say and must attend this church filled with people I don’t know and probably wouldn’t pick to associate with.  Christians seem to stand out and that’s certainly not appealing.  And you’re supposed to tell others about it and get them involved too.  It’s like network marketing or something.  Yoga and meditation don’t lay that on you.

And then there’s the fact that I am a great person.  I don’t deserve death.  A sinner?  Sure, I haven’t lived a perfect life but hey, I’m doing alright.  At least I thought I was.  That’s what no one wants to come to grips with.  But I found out I’m a sinner.  I’m lost.  I needed a way out and it wasn’t going to happen unless I accepted Jesus Christ.  Being found is a whole lot better than being lost.  Let’s go find somebody.